Recent Past Concerts
Wednesday, 20th December 2023 at 7p.m. in Plymouth R C Cathedral, Wyndham Street West, Plymouth PL1 5ER
West Devon Chorale and Ensemble
Director: Michael Graham
presents
HANDEL Messiah
Saturday September 30th at 7.30pm in Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon. TQ11 0EE
Director: Michael Graham
Organ: David Davies
REJOICE IN THE LAMB
ESENVALDS Trinity Te Deum
BRITTEN Rejoice in the Lamb
BRUCKNER Os Justi
BRUCKNER Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
RHEINBERGER Mass for double choir in Eb
Saturday, 10th June 2023 at 7.30pm in the Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: David Davies
Summer Concert
HANDEL Four Coronation Anthems
HARRIS Bring us, O Lord God
PARRY I was Glad
THOMPSON Alleluia
ELGAR Organ Sonata (Allegro)
DOVE Bless the Lord
ESENVALDSs O Salutaris Hostia
PARRY Blest Pair of Sirens
Tickets: £14, (£12 in advance), children and students £4 from the choir administrator on 01752 776479, or online at www.wegottickets.com/westdevonchorale
Saturday, 4th March 2023 at 7.30pm in Plymouth R.C. Cathedral
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: David Davies
Music for Lent
PALESTRINA Stabat Mater
BACH Chorale Prelude O Mensch, bewein
GESUALDO O Vos Omnes
LOTTI Crucifixus
GABRELI Jubilate Deo
GRIEG Ave Maris Stella
CASALS O Vos Omnes
RACHMANINOV Ave Maria
MOZART Coronation Mass in C major K.317
Saturday, 3rd December 2022 at 7.30pm in the Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Richard Line
Cello Tirke Linnemann
Music for Advent and Christmas
MARLOW Advent Responsory
GJEILO O Magnum Mysterium
MOUTON Nesciens Mater
SCHEIDT In Dulci Jubilo
BACH Ich Lasse dich Nicht
BACH Lobet den Herrn
WHITACRE Lux Aurumque
ESENVALDS O Emmanuel
CHILCOTT Jesus, Springing
TODD My Lord has Come
ANON The Babe Divine
STOPFORD A Christmas Blessing
DOVE Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
PALESTRINA Hodie Christus Natus Est
Saturday, 8 October 2022 at 7.30pm in Buckfast Abbey
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Peter King
Masterpieces from Europe
PALESTRINA Stabat Mater
HAYDN Te Deum
GORECKI Totus Tuus
LUCASZEWSKI Two Lenten Motets
VIERNE Messe Solennelle
ESENVALDS Ubi Caritas
BIEBL Ave Maria
Saturday, 25 June 2022 at 7.30pm Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Richard Line
British Choral Classics
ELGAR O Hearken Thou
VAUGHAM WILLIAMS Lord, Thou hast been our Refuge
BRIDGE Adagio for organ
BRITTEN Festival Te Deum
MACMILLAN The Gallant Weaver
RUTTER Requiem
Saturday, 5 March 2022 at 7.30pm Plymouth R C Cathedral
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Richard Line
Music for Lent
FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine
PÄRT Magnificat
WIDOR Symphony VI Finale
TAVENER Song for Athene
DOVE Bless the Lord, O My Soul
FAURÉ Requiem
Saturday, 11 December 2021 at 7.30pm at Plymouth R C Cathedral
Director Michael Johnson
Organ: Richard Line
Harp: Sally Jenkins
Music for Advent and Christmas
Programme to include:
JANACEK Otcenás
BRITTEN Ceremony of Carols
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Saturday, 9 October 2021 at 7.30pm in Buckfast Abbey
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: David Davies
European Choral Classics
BACH Jesu, Meine Freude
MOZART Kyrie in D minor
MENDELSSOHN Organ Sonata in A
BRUCKNER 4 Motets
PÄRT Magnificat
KODALY Missa Brevis
Saturday, 26 June 2021 at 7.30pm in the Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth CANCELLED
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Richard Line
Cello: Tirke Linnemann
British Choral Classics
ELGAR O Hearken Thou
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Mystical Songs
BRIDGE Adagio for organ
BRITTEN Festival Te Deum
MACMILLAN The Gallant Weaver
RUTTER Requiem
Saturday, 12 December 2020 at 7.30pm at Plymouth R C Cathedral CANCELLED
Director Michael Johnson
Organist: Richard Line
Harp: Emma Graham
Music for Advent and Christmas
to include
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Jenkins Sweet was the song
Crocker Whence is that goodly fragrance
Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Saturday, 3 October 2020 at 7.30pm in Buckfast Abbey CANCELLED
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: David Davies
Palestrina Stabat Mater
Bach Lobet den Herrn
Haydn Te Deum
Lukaszewski Two Lenten Motets
Rheinberger Mass in E flat
Saturday, 7 March 2020 at 7.30pm
Plymouth R C Cathedral
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Richard Line
Music for Lent
Poulenc Vinea Mea Electa
Poulenc Tenebrae factus sunt
Poulenc Litanies à la Vierge Noire
Duruflé Gregorian Motets
Duruflé Requiem
Saturday, 7 December 2019 at 7.30pm Plymouth R C Cathedral
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Richard Line
Music for Advent
Seasonal music by Howells, Guerrero, Byrd, Rutti, Chilcott, Rutter and others.
Saturday 5 October, 2019 at Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon. TQ11 0EE
Director: Michael Johnson
Choral Classics
Taverner Dum Transisset Sabbatum
Byrd Haec Dies
Parsons Ave Maria
Gibbons O Clap Your Hands
Praulins Missa Rigensis
Holst Nunc Dimittis
Holst Ave Maria
Arnesen Even when He is silent
Howells Like as the Hart
Mawby Ave Verum
Saturday 29 June 2019 at 7.30pm at the Minster Church of St Andrews, Plymouth
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Richard Line
British Choral Classics
Taverner: Dum Transisset Sabbatum
Anon: Rejoice in The Lord Always
Byrd: Haec Dies
Purcell: Remember not, Lord
Wesley: Praise the Lord
Stainer: I Saw the Lord
Harwood: O How Glorious
Wood: O Thou the Central Orb
Howells: Like as the Hart
Macmillan: The Gallant Weaver
Vaughan Williams: O Clap Your Hands
Organ Music by Harwood and Mathias
Saturday, 2 March 2019 at 7.30pm Plymouth R C Cathedral
Director: Michael Johnson
Organist: Richard Line
Music for Lent
Pizzetti: Requiem
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Haydn: Insanae et Vanae Curae
Duruflé: Gregorian Motets
Mawby: Ave Verum
Arnesen: Even When He is Silent
Tickets: £12, (£10 in advance), children and students £3 from admin@westdevonchorale.co.uk 01752 776479, or online at www.wegottickets.com/westdevonchorale
Saturday, 8 December 2018 at 7.30pm Plymouth R C Cathedral
Director: Michael Johnson
Organist: Richard Line
Music for Advent
Seasonal music by Todd, Carter, Howells Chilcott, Rutter, Britten and others
Tickets: £12, (£10 in advance), children and students £3 from admin@westdevonchorale.co.uk 01752 776479, or online at www.wegottickets.com/westdevonchorale
Saturday 29 September, 2018 at Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon. TQ11 0EE
Director: Michael Johnson
Jubilate Deo
Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Lotti: Crucifixus
Vierne: Messe Solennelle
Saturday 9 June 2018 at 7.30pm at the Minster Church of St Andrews, Plymouth
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Richard Line
Music for Royal Occasions
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Parry: I Was Glad
Elgar: O Hearken Thou
Howells: Behold, O God our Defender
Tavener: Song of Athene
Stanford: Coronation Gloria
Mathias: Let All the People Praise Thee, O God
Mealor: Ubi Caritas
Organ:
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4in G
Walton: March ‘Orb and Sceptre’
Saturday, 21 April 2018 at 7.30 pm at Plymouth R C Cathedral
Director: Michael Johnson
Organist: Richard Line
Ave Maria
Schubert: Mass in G
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Victoria: O Vos Omnes
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Bach: O Jesu Christ
Mendelssohn: Psalm 43
Bruckner: Christus Factus est
Rachmaninov: Ave Maria
Saturday, 2 December 2017 at 7.30pm Plymouth R C Cathedral
Director: Michael Johnson
Organist: Richard Line
Advent Concert
Dove: Seek Him
Bairstow: Let All Mortal Flesh
Howells: Magnificat (Coll. Reg)
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
Bruckner: Virga Jesse
Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
McKie: We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness
Chilcott: Marvellous Birth
Biebl: Ave Maria
Chilcott: Jesus Springing
Chilcott: The Shepherd’s Carol
Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
Pärt: Bogoroditsye Nevo
Saturday, 14 October 2017 at 7.30pm Crediton Church
Director: Michael Johnson
Organist: Christopher Moore
Choral Classics
Monteverdi: Gloria
Vivaldi: Beatus Vir
Lotti: Crucifixus
Kodaly: Missa Brevis
Saturday 13 May 2017 at 7.30pm in Ottery St. Mary Church
Director: Michael Johnson
Organist: Christopher Moore
Kodaly Missa Brevis
Tallis: O Nata Lux
Byrd: Haec Dies
Byrd: Ave Verum
Phillips: Ascendit Deus
Stanford: Beati Quorum Via
Bairstow: Let All Mortal Flesh
Todd: Softly
Holst: Nunc Dimittis
Dove: Seek Him
Ešenvalds: O Salutaris Hostia
Saturday 15 October 2016 at 7.30pm
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon. TQ11 0EE
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: David Robinson
Faure: Requiem
Vierne: Messe Solennelle
Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine
Entry free, retiring collection
Saturday, 7 May 2016 at 7.30pm
Plymouth RC Cathedral, Wyndham Street West , Plymouth, PL1 5RZ
Ascendit Deus!
Director: Michael Johnson
Violin: Joel Munday
Rheinberger: Mass in E flat
Philips: Ascendit Deus
Byrd: Ave Verum
Tallis: Salvator Mundi
Gibbons: O Clap Your Hands
Stanford: Motets
Holst: Nunc Dimittis
Jenkins: Exsultate, Jubilate
Esenvalds: O Salutaris Hostia
Tickets: £10, (£8 in advance), children and students £3 from admin@westdevonchorale.co.uk 01752 776479, or online at www.wegottickets.com/westdevonchorale
Saturday 5 December 2015 at 7.30pm
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0EE
A Concert for Advent
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: David Robinson
Seasonal music by Palestrina, Lauridsen, Rutter, Howells, Poulenc and others
Entry free, retiring collection.
Saturday 17 October 2015 at 7.30pm
The Minster Church of St Andrews, Royal Parade, Plymouth
Director: Michael Johnson
WDC Chamber Orchestra; Organ continuo Jason Smart
Handel: Messiah
Tickets: £10, (£8 in advance), children and students £3 from admin@westdevonchorale.co.uk 01752 776479, or online at www.wegottickets.com/westdevonchorale
Saturday, 27 June 2015 at 7.30pm
Plymouth RC Cathedral, Wyndham Street West , Plymouth, PL1 5RZ
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Jason Smart
Sancta Mater
Haydn: Te Deum
Mozart: Laudate Dominum
Mozart: Coronation Mass
Duruflé: Requiem
Tickets: £10, (£8 in advance), children and students £3 from admin@westdevonchorale.co.uk 01752 776479, or online at www.wegottickets.com/westdevonchorale
Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 7.30pm
St John’s Church , Totnes TQ9 5AJ
Director: Michael Johnson
Organ: Jason Smart
New Year Choral Classics
Mozart: Kyrie in D minor
Bruckner: Mass in E minor
Fauré: Requiem
Tickets: £10, (£8 in advance), children and students £3 from admin@westdevonchorale.co.uk 01752 776479, or online at www.wegottickets.com/westdevonchorale
Saturday, 6 December 2014 at 7.15pm
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon. TQ11 0EE
A Concert for Advent
Director: Michael Johnson
Seasonal music by Victoria, Bruckner, Charpentier, Rutter, Chilcott and others.
Tickets: £10, (£8 in advance), children and students £3 from admin@westdevonchorale.co.uk 01752 776479, or online at www.wegottickets.com/westdevonchorale
Saturday, 11 October 2014 at 7.30pm
The Minster Church of St Andrews, Royal Parade, Plymouth
An Autumn Serenade
Director: Michael Johnson
Music by Pearsall, Stanford, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Parry, Lauridsen
Saturday, 21 June 2014 at 7.30pm
Plymouth R C Cathedral
Music from Central Europe
Music Director : Michael Johnson
Organ: Jason Smart
Bruckner: Mass in E minor
Haydn: Insanae et Vanae Curae
Mozart: Kyrie in D minor K341
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 7.30pm
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon. TQ11 0EE
New Year Choral Classics
Music Director : Michael Johnson
Organ: Jason Smart
Chilcott Requiem
Harris - Faire is the Heaven
Howells: Take Him, Earth for Cherishing
Lassus: Missa Bell Amfitrit Altera
Jackson: Ave Maria
Wood Hail Gladdening Light